Sentences with phrase «funded by the agriculture»

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These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue River Technology, a leader in the use of computer vision, machine learning and robotics for agriculture, today announced it has raised $ 17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifagriculture, today announced it has raised $ 17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (PontifAgriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech).

And it is true, there is currently a programme funded by the European Union to support the professionalisation of agriculture.

The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and food.

Additional efforts to further the mission of Simply Organic are funded by an annual grant program called the Simply Organic Giving Fund that supports training and community projects for organic farmers where our spices are grown, as well as a variety of organizations and events that study, support and promote organic agriculture.

The $ 17.6 million in grants are funded through a competitive process by NIFA's Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, according to a news release.

South Australian Agriculture Minister Leon Bignell injected $ 2.5 million in funds into the Beston dairy facilities on Wednesday and said he didn't think there would be any compromising of the state's «clean and green» premium food and wine image if it eventually pursued an underground nuclear waste facility in the desert lands in the north of the state, as recommended by a nuclear Royal Commission.

Her research, supported by the a Western Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education fund, was recently published in the Nutrition Journal and continues to provide justification for «value added» nutritional labeling for farmer direct marketing of grass - fed products.

This project was funded in 2017 and 2018 by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

This website is made possible through funding for the U.S. organic sector provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, as administered by the Organic Trade Association through its Organic Export Program.

san francisco - The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) has published a free grower guide, «Reducing Risks through Sustainable Winegrowing: A Growers» Guide,» funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency.

He said his fund, along with most others in Australia, did not have a long history of investing in agriculture but this was in part because of a lack of scale and difficult investment options presented by the agriculture industry.

Numerous agriculture executives have long complained about a reluctance by Australian superannuation funds to invest in local assets, driving up demand for foreign capital.

Farmland owner the $ 167 million Sustainable Agriculture Fund, backed by Australia's leading superannuation funds, has delivered a net profit of $ 4.9 million for the six months to December, up on the $ 1.7 million in the previous corresponding period.

The funding, awarded through Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada's Growing Forward Program, is meant to support growth in the organic sector by strengthening the science behind organic agricultureAgriculture and Agri - Food Canada's Growing Forward Program, is meant to support growth in the organic sector by strengthening the science behind organic agricultureagriculture in Canada.

There has been a growing outcry over the lack of investment by super funds in the sector, particularly by Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, who has accused super funds of failing to understand the agricultural sector.

This funding by Congress for work by FDA to better educate the public about the many benefits of this invaluable tool for agriculture will help counter the misinformation about agricultural biotechnology.

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) has published a free grower guide, «Reducing Risks through Sustainable Winegrowing: A Growers» Guide,» funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency.

IFAD is also collaborating with sister agencies the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on two joint projects that focus on food loss, funded by the Swiss and Irish governments respectively.

The Sustainable Agriculture Fund, backed by some of Australia's leading superannuation funds, has struck a hurdle in selling off one of the prized gems in its rural property portfolio — the King Island Aggregation.

Organic agriculture is prioritized by the Lithuanian Government (through Law No 1 - 734, 1994) and is identified for funding under the specific Programme of «Ecological Agriculture and Order of Financing» (Ministry of Agriculture and Foreagriculture is prioritized by the Lithuanian Government (through Law No 1 - 734, 1994) and is identified for funding under the specific Programme of «Ecological Agriculture and Order of Financing» (Ministry of Agriculture and ForeAgriculture and Order of Financing» (Ministry of Agriculture and ForeAgriculture and Forestry, 1997.

In 1999, a joint workshop in Vignola, Italy, organized by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and IFOAM together with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), was held to exchange ideas and information on organic agriculture and biodiversity.

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commiagriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European CommiAgriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

At Clif Bar, the company is tackling the yield gap by investing in plant breeding, contributing to an agriculture fund that helps provide technical assistance to educate growers and investing in infrastructure that will help reduce the distance that organic producers must transport their crops from the farm gate to the aggregator or processor, which is a significantly longer distance than for most conventional producers, Dillion said.

Created with funds provided by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Agriculture, the recipes were developed with the help of school foodservice professionals, and a full nutritional breakdown and national meal pattern components are supplied for each one.

Non-discrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

The study itself was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The study was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which has close ties to MilkPEP, a well - funded marketing group made of up milk processors that is committed to increasing fluid milk consumption.

DTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom reported yesterday (link requires subscription) that, «Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln on Wednesday unveiled a bill to reauthorize the child nutrition programs that would increase funding for school lunch and other programs by $ 4.5 billion over 10 years, with some of the money coming from the budget for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

This project has been funded at least in part by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Food & Nutrition Service.

The government runs and funds a national school lunch programme, administered by the US department of agriculture, which operates in over 97,700 schools.

The program, which are funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), provided low - cost or free lunches to more than 31 million children each day in 2012 — according to a fact sheet on the department's website.

I'm confused by the reference to the «Food and Drug Administration» in the second entry (it's the Department of Agriculture that oversees child nutrition), but the intent of these lawmakers is clear: destroy all of the tremendous progress we've made over the last six years in improving our children's school food environment, and apparently also the food served in federally funded daycare centers.

The following materials were funded by a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant through the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and are a collaboration of the Vermont Agency of Education, Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day) and Green Mountain Farm to School.

Food and Nutrition Programs — The legislation contains discretionary funding, as well as mandatory funding required by law, for food and nutrition programs within the Department of Agriculture.

The decision to take funding away from food stamps was made after Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee opposed initial efforts to offset the costs of the legislation by cutting conservation subsidies to farmers.

The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture; no CCSD funds are expended for this program.

The highest amounts were recovered in the structural funds sector ($ 32.9 million), followed by agriculture ($ 11.9 million) and direct expenditure ($ 10.6 million).

The Vice President on what the current administration has down with little resources available to it said, «Today, with less revenue, we have increased capital funding by 400 percent as the minister has said, in power, works and housing, in defence, transportation, agriculture.

«I am very happy to see that Riverhead residents continue to support our rich heritage of agriculture and the preservation of our natural resources by voting for the extension of the Community Preservation Fund,» Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter said in a statement.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr, joined by Superintendent Martha Group and the V.V.S. Agriculture Department will announce the location, funding and scope for the VVS Animal Science Center, an instructional facility used to teach STEM... Read more

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr, joined by Superintendent Martha Group and the V.V.S. Agriculture Department will announce the location, funding and scope for the VVS Animal Science Center, an instructional facility used to teach STEM through Applied Animal Science by the VVS Agriculture Department.

He had said, «Today, with less revenue, we have increased capital funding by 400 percent as the minister has said, in power, works and housing, in defence, transportation, agriculture.

Farms and agriculture businesses ravaged by tropical storms Lee and Irene are in line to receive $ 2.4 million in grants from the state's Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today.

GCAP, which is implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) with funding from the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development, seeks to amongst others ensure increased agricultural production to improve incomes of farmers.

The state Department of Agriculture and Markets and two downstate foie gras producers have been sued by the California - based Animal Legal Defense Fund in an effort to ban the sale of the delicacy.

«Because Wike has nothing to offer, he has destroyed the Banana Plantation, The Buguma Fish Industry, the Songhai Agriculture revolution and other industries set up by Amaechi to generate funds for the State and provide employment for our teeming undergraduates.

Leaders pressure feds for farm aid — Gov. Scott, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have recently ramped up efforts to get much - needed funding distributed to Florida farmers affected by Hurricane Irma.

In 2008, funding for the program, which is made available through the state Environmental Protection Fund and administered by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, was cut by more than 50 percent.

Additionally, the new budget invests in the state's top economic industry, agriculture, by restoring funding for vital research and development programs».